the killers
lady gaga
After months of speculation and a week of teasers by Ottawa Bluesfest themselves the 20th Anniversary Lineup for the event has finally been announced and it’s huge!
Some of the biggest names in music are set to appear at the event this summer. We will delve a bit deeper into the lineup in the coming months but here it is in a nutshell!
Blake Shelton
The Band Perry
Darius Rucker
Lady Antebellum Golden
For country music fans theres: Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum, Tim Hicks, David Nail, The Mavericks, Dean Brody and more.
Styx
Foreigner
Blondie
Third Eye Blind
For rock fans the list includes giants like: Styx, Foreigner, Third Eye Blind, Blondie, Dr. Hook, Collective Soul, The Violent Femmes, Journey, Queens of the Stone Age and more
zedd
Awolnation
Here’s the full lineup as announced this morning in Ottawa: Lady Gaga; The Killers; Blake Shelton; Queens of the Stone Age; Lady Antebellum; Journey; Snoop Dogg; Zedd; The Band Perry; RL Grime; Tegan and Sara; AWOLNATION; Phantogram; Barenaked Ladies; Young the Giant; Third Eye Blind; Gary Clark Jr.; Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue; Blondie; Tyler, the Creator; Jake Bugg; St. Vincent; Childish Gambino; Bonobo; Foreigner; John Mayall; Gareth Emery; STYX; Jeff Tweedy; Darius Rucker; Drive By Truckers; Dr. Hook feat. Ray Sawyer; Danny Brown; July Talk; Cypress Hill; Collective Soul; Violent Femmes; Brett Dennen; Moist; Mac DeMarco; Adventure Club; Jenny Lewis; Andrew Bird; Deltron 3030; JJ Grey & Mofro; Gogol Bordello; Shovels & Rope; Vintage Trouble; Procol Harum with the NAC Symphony Orchestra; The Mavericks; Lord Huron; Sam Roberts Band; Black Joe Lewis; Lucius; Pink Mountaintops; Tokyo Police Club; Royal Canoe; Ryan Hemsworth; Sugar Ray & the Bluetones; Matt Andersen; Deer Tick; Action Bronson; Charli XcX; Bombino; Langhorne Slim; USS; Pokey Lafarge; Honey Island Swamp Band; Shantel; BADBADNOTGOOD; Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam; Young Rival; Elvin Bishop; Tim Hicks; Paul Cebar; Don Felder; The Iguanas; Little Freddie King; Long Shen Dao; Thornetta Davis; Long Tall Deb; Billy Gibson; Sam Hunt; Harper and Midwest Kind; The Claudettes; The Texas Horns; Joe Louis Walker; Shane Dwight; Selwyn Birchwood; John Németh & The Bo-Keys featuring Percy Wiggins; AJ Ghent Band; The London Souls; Noah Gundersen; David Nail; Paper Kites; David Maxwell; Darrell Nulisch; Johnny Nicholas; Goddo; Tift Merritt; No BS! Brass Band; Jacques Greene; Yung Lean, and many more!
“With a 10-day pass going for $200, the RBC Bluesfest in Ottawa remains one of the biggest musical bargains nationwide,” says the festival’s executive/programming director Mark Monahan. “We consider this year’s line-up to be one of our best ever—and you can’t beat the value!”
RBC Bluesfest runs from July 3 to 13. The festival site at LeBreton Flats Park offers a wide variety of food and merchandise concessions and is fully licensed. Tickets will become available on-line, to the general public on Thursday, March 27 at 10 a.m. at http://www.frontgatetickets.com/ . For more information visit www.ottawabluesfest.ca
